Engaging General Practice in the Prevention of Patients With Alcohol Problems

Summary

The aim of the study is to test whether or not a tailored multi-component intervention program to increase the activity of general practice teams in the prevention of hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption results in increase advice giving rate to patient with hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption and a better patient outcome in terms of hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption.

The primary objectives of the proposed study are:

1. to test the (cost) effectiveness of a tailored multi-component implementation program to engage general practices (i.e. GPs, nurse practitioners or practice nurses/assistants) in the prevention of hazardous or harmful alcohol consumption, changing both providers' advice giving behaviour and patients' alcohol consumption
2. to identify predictors of effect
3. to examine whether or not the implementation of a tailored multi-component implementation program to engage general practice in the prevention of hazardous or harmful alcohol consumption is feasible.

Conditions

• Alcohol Drinking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Feedback about patients at risk

GPTs receive this feedback about their patient population; obtained through premeasurement results

BEHAVIORAL

Dissemination guideline and patient information letters

BEHAVIORAL

Tailored educational training

for GP(T)s

BEHAVIORAL

Tailored outreach based facilitator support

in the practices of the GPTs

BEHAVIORAL

Facilitation of co-operation with local addiction services

BEHAVIORAL

Patient directed interventions

Like poster for the waiting room, self-help booklets, folders

BEHAVIORAL

Reminder-card for GP's desk

BEHAVIORAL

Personal feedback to patients

Patients receive advise based on their premeasurement answers

Sponsors & Collaborators

• ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

  collaborator OTHER

• Radboud University Medical Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• M. Laurant, PhD · Centre for Quality for Care Research Nijmegen

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

NONE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2005-07-31

Primary Completion

2008-05-31

Completion

2009-04-30